Emily Dickinson: Books

Searching for Library Sources

Combined Author/Title option

• quickest way to find an item if you know the author and title
• use the Author or Title options only if you know the exact forms

Subject option

• yields only items catalogued under prescribed subject headings (i.e., Library of Congress headings; see list of possible subject headings below). If you are not familiar with these, use:

Keyword Option (words from the title)

• usually yields more hits as it searches author, subject headings, titles and series

Subject Keyword is also useful. 

Examples of subject headings:

For books about authors, literature, or history:

• Dickinson, Emily
• American literature--1783-1850--History and criticism
• American literature
• American literature--Women authors

Examples of keyword searches:

• For works by Emily Dickinson, do an Author search on "Emily Dickinson"

• For works about Emily Dickinson, do a Boolean search using "Emily Dickinson" and one of the following: criticism, biography, bibliography, autobiography

Useful Call Numbers

• Call numbers: Emily Dickinson has a single number: PS1541. For biography and criticism of Emily Dickinson, Library of Congress adds a second line Z5:
  

PS1541.Z5